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A/N: I made a mistake last chapter. The twins aren't at Jack's house; they are at Weiss's house. I can't write this chapter without Jack being in it, so just pretend that I made it say Weiss in chap 20. Here's 21!!!
"Absolutely not! I don't trust him! If you ask me, I'd say he was leading us into a trap!" Dixon exclaimed angrily.
"But Dixon...what does he have to gain by telling us a lie? Nothing. He's not going anywhere, and he totally sounded sincere when he told me. Besides, he's the only one out of all of us that can get us into that prison undetected!" Sydney argued.
"Yes, but he doesn't have anything to lose either. I'm sorry Sydney, I know this is a difficult situation for you, but we'll find another way to get in that prison, assuming he's even there." Dixon replied, trying to comfort her, but failing.
"I'm going. There's a chance here that we could bring Vaughn back alive, and that Danny can be proved innocent. Just because he was doubled and works for the Covenant doesn't necessarily mean anything. Being doubled isn't a crime, and...oh come on! He hasn't committed a crime any time during his time as being Michael!" Sydney exploded.
Dixon sighed before continuing. "For the time being, I think it's best if we wait until there is another option. An option that doesn't include being led in through the front doors by a Covenant agent. This is a risk you're just going to have to take." he said.
Sydney walked out of the room, knowing if she opened her mouth again, nothing nice would come out. Jack followed her out.
"Dad, this is our only chance of rescuing Vaughn. The longer we wait the more of a chance he has of being killed. If he's already been in Covenant custody, it's a miracle he's even alive right now. I don't care what Dixon says. I'm going to Sweden with Danny to rescue Vaughn." Sydney told him. Jack knew she wasn't kidding.
"Sydney, I just want you to know..." he was cut off by Sydney.
"You know, I really don't care if you report me. Go ahead and report me to Dixon. What is he going to do anyway? He can't fire me; I don't work for the CIA anymore." Sydney pointed out.
"No! Just listen for a minute ok? What I was going to say, is that I want you to know that you're going to need more than just Daniel Hecht to lead you into that prison. Chances are that there will be way more than two Covenant agents waiting to greet you at the door. You're going to need a team." Jack told her patiently and quietly.
"Wait. You're ok with this?" Sydney asked incredulously.
"If I have an instinct on something, I follow it. Since when have I ever followed protocol instead of doing what I know in my heart is right?" Jack asked, showing a hint of a smile.
Sydney smiled too. "Ok. But where are we going to find a team? Not too many agents are risking to go against Dixon's orders just to release one CIA agent." Sydney said.
"Yes. But how many of them do you know that are going to say no to me?" Jack gestured to himself, and Sydney had to force herself not to laugh. He was right about that too; she only knew of one other person who dared to defy Jack Bristow besides herself.
Kendall.
"Ok, but who are we going to get to join us?" Sydney asked. Jack didn't answer her; instead he went to the same man who had shown them to the interrogation room when they were about to get the double back to his original state.
Jack said something to the man that made him look at him in disbelief. Jack gave him a look, then the man nodded and left. Jack returned to Sydney.
"We should have enough agents to have an acceptable team, but not so much Dixon will start to suspect we did exactly as we're doing." Jack said and headed towards Danny's cell, with Sydney at his heels.
Sydney met with the team at exactly midnight. They were going to fly to Danderyd Sweden where the Covenant prison was. She was the last one there; she met Danny's eyes. He smiled a warm smile which Sydney returned.
"Ok, now that Sydney's here we can proceed. Remember that if Dixon finds out about this, the story is that you all were blackmailed by me. We do not leave until we have Agent Vaughn in our custody. If anyone betrays this agency tonight, their head will be mine. Do you all understand me?" Jack asked, looking at Danny as he said this.
The team nodded their agreement and they got into the jet where they would land a mile from the prison. Sydney sat down at the back of the jet, and Danny sat down next to her.
"Listen Syd. I'm sorry for hurting you. I wanted so many times to contact you and tell you I was alive and well, but that would put your life in danger, and they would've killed me. I was watched constantly to make sure I wouldn't think about going back to my old life. This wasn't all that long ago. It was only about a year and a half ago when I got my memory back." Danny told her, sounding sincere.
"You didn't do anything to hurt me. What you saw back in the cell...that was the shock of seeing you alive and being doubled as my husband—ex husband—and that just shocked me. I realize it wasn't your fault, and I'm sorry for acting like a jerk back there." Sydney said.
"No, it's perfectly understandable. I could've told you so many times that it was me and not this Michael Vaughn guy, but I didn't. I guess I just liked seeing your face so much that I didn't want you to start hating me. I want the Sydney Bristow that I could tell anything to to come back." Danny said, raising her head up to look into her eyes.
They made eye contact and Sydney looked back in her lap to hide the smile. Finally she looked back up at him and said, "She never left."
Danny smiled and they went to hug each other when Jack interrupted. "Hands stay where I can see them! You are still far from being cleared as a non-threat. Until that time, you stay under my watch!" Jack snapped at him, gesturing to his gun.
"I get the point Mr. Bristow." he said. As soon as Jack returned to his seat Danny said, "Looks like he hasn't changed at all. Is he still that protective of you as in 2001 when I called him to tell him we were getting married?" he asked incredulously.
"No. That was just the agent in him talking. If he wanted you dead, he would've done it long ago." Sydney assured him.
Danny laughed. "Good to know." They both leaned back in their seats and stayed silent. Sydney was at a loss for what to say. She wanted to tell him what was currently going on in her life, but how was she supposed to start? 'Hello Danny, I forgot to tell you. The Covenant kidnapped my daughters and kept them for two years where they tried to brainwash them but failed because of this thing my father developed called Project Christmas but now they're back with me. My mother's alive which you probably didn't know, my father never changed really, and now I'm realizing you're alive and Vaughn's being held captive in Danderyd, Sweden where we're going to rescue him. How's your life been going?'
Sydney laughed as she imagined Danny's reaction to that. She went to ask him what he had been doing besides being a bad guy but found he was already asleep. Before she knew it, the plane landed and they were Danderyd.
"Danny, we're here." Sydney said as she shook him awake gently. "Damn, that was the weirdest dream. I had a dream I had been doubled as your father, and as soon as you realized that you killed me and went on a death rampage, killing everyone that just said hi to you. It was weird." he said.
Sydney laughed, but stopped as soon as they got off the plane where they suddenly got deathly silent. Danny headed to the front of the team. "There are ten hidden security cameras mounted on the walls, plus infrared lasers. I'll need to deactivate the lasers before I can disconnect the cameras, otherwise I'll interfere with the lasers, and the Covenant will already know we're here." Danny explained as he got a Laser Interrupter.
After he had shot all the places where the lasers stopped, he grabbed a gun with a silencer and aimed at different places on the walls, shooting ten different places. When he was satisfied, he moved on, and Jack, Sydney, and the rest of the team took that as their cue to follow him.
"Once we try to shoot this door open or unlock it with a lock pick, body heat sensors will go off, and the gun turrets will be activated." Danny said.
"Well then how the hell are we going to get inside?" Jack asked angrily.
"Not to worry. I have my own key. How this door can distinguish the key from a lock pick, I don't know, but it can, so be thankful that I have the key." He said and as soon as the door was open, Danny leaned against the far right wall.
"If we stick to this wall and walk very slowly and not make a sound, the gun turrets won't know we're there, so we need to be really quiet." Danny whispered so softly Sydney barely heard him.
"How many gun turrets are there exactly?" one agent asked hesitantly.
"About fifty, but 90% of them aren't working properly, so as soon as we get to the 3rd basement where Vaughn is, we'll be safe until we get back up here." Danny assured them. As soon as they got to the end of the corridor, Danny opened the last door on the left and walked faster downstairs. The team followed his lead.
"Where are all the Covenant agents?" Sydney asked him.
"Probably interrogating a few prisoners. They always wait until midnight, one in the morning, times like that to really interrogate people because that's when they're most vulnerable. When all their energy is used up and they don't have the strength to fight the torture." Danny explained easily.
Sydney nodded uneasily. If they were interrogating Vaughn, then that would ruin their cover. Danny seemed to know what she was thinking because he said, "Listen, they've had Vaughn for over a year. Chances are, they got everything out of him that they could." He said.
"Then why keep him alive?" Sydney asked fearful. Danny shrugged. "They didn't keep me in the loop on their prisoners. Besides, I wasn't here long enough to know for sure. All I know is that he's here and is in sub- basement three." He said as he led them downstairs.
When they heard voices they immediately got quieter and held their guns closer to them. "I'm only going to ask you once, then we start bring out the heavier artillery. This is your only warning. Where is Molly Bristow?" a voice asked in a menacing voice.
Sydney's senses went on extra alert when she heard her daughter's name. That gave her an idea of who they were questioning.
"She's dead! I swear to god! She's dead!" Vaughn's shaky voice replied.
"Somehow, I just don't believe you Agent Vaughn, but that's ok. You don't want to talk, it doesn't really matter to me. We'll just have to...make you." the man said, and Sydney knew he was smirking as he said this.
"Let's go. On three." Jack said. He motioned with his hands one and two. After a few seconds he nodded and they came storming into the room.
"Hands up! Get your hands up now!" everyone shouted, aiming their guns at the ten or so Covenant agents who were surrounding Vaughn. The other prisoners backed into their cells in fear, not knowing it was the CIA who was about to rescue them.
"Against the wall, hands behind your head!" they ordered. Sydney purposefully went for the one who had been interrogating Vaughn, and who was about to torture him.
"Ok honey, whatever you say." the man smirked.
"Shut up! You don't have the right to talk!" Sydney snapped, resisting the urge to shoot him.
After she had him handcuffed, another agent took him out to where the jet was waiting. Sydney went for Vaughn. His hair had grown a lot during the year he was in Covenant custody. It was down to his shoulders, and he was on the verge of having a beard; Vaughn had once told her it took him forever to grow mustaches and beards. But what he lacked in facial hair he made up for in bruises and cuts.
"Vaughn, are you ok?" Sydney asked as she unbinded him.
"I will be now that you're here." he said gratefully, then shifted his gaze to Danny.
"Is that...is that...Danny?" he asked, not quite believing it.
Sydney nodded. "I'll tell you everything when we get back. Right now you need to see a doctor." She said.
Vaughn shook his head. "No, I'm fine. What I need is to leave this damn place. You know how awful it feels to live in a prison?" he asked, trying to lighten the moment. Sydney laughed and shook her head.
"No, and let's hope it never comes to that. But I have good news that will make you feel better." Sydney said as she led him to the jet.
"What? After seeing your fiancé, I'm not sure what to expect." He said.
"Melanie's alive. We found her. She's at Weiss's place." Sydney said. Vaughn froze and looked at her.
"Really? They found Melly Belly?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes. Sydney nodded.
"Yes, and there's more." Sydney said, anxious to tell him everything.
"What?" Vaughn asked, eager to hear more.
"Molly's alive too. She was working with Molly. She's with Melanie. And we have Lauren in custody." Sydney said, knowing she was overwhelming.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down Syd. I can only handle so much good news at a time you know." He joked. Sydney laughed, and cuddled next to him. Sitting there with him just then made her realize how much she missed him. The house was dead without him, and now that they had the twins, why not get back together? Melanie didn't know they had gotten a divorce, and was expecting him to be at the house after Sydney rescued him, although she didn't know about that part. And Molly didn't even know her parents. Vaughn was a huge influence in their lives, but she decided to tell him she wanted to get back together in LA.
They fell asleep together and didn't wake up until they landed on the ground with a thud. After they got off the jet they got into Sydney's car and drove to Weiss's house to pick up the twins.
"Syd, I can't do this? What if Mel doesn't remember me? What if Molly hates me? Oh god Syd, what if they don't want me to be their father?" Vaughn asked, looking more insecure than Sydney had ever seen him.
"God Vaughn, calm down. You're their father for god's sake! Melanie wants you, and Molly wants to know her father. Trust me, they want you!" Sydney assured him. They rang the doorbell after Vaughn assured Sydney he would be fine.
"What the hell do you guys want? I only got them to sleep and now you're expecting me to..." Weiss stopped as soon as he recognized the man with the long hair and an almost mustache and beard.
"Mike? Is that you?" he asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah. Sydney and Jack and a whole team of CIA agents rescued me from a prison in Danderyd. Listen, I was being interrogated and almost tortured. I really don't want to do anything except see my daughters and get to bed. I'll fill you as well as the rest of the CIA in on what happened tomorrow." Vaughn said impatiently.
It took Weiss a minute to register what Vaughn had said then, "Yeah, sure, ok. I'll wake them up, but it'll be a miracle if you can get them to sleep. Melanie's hyper but that's probably because I gave her the biggest lollipop she had ever laid eyes on, and Molly's absolutely hysterical. Consider yourselves warned."
He went to wake them up and Sydney and Vaughn stepped inside. Finally Melanie and Molly were downstairs. When Melanie saw Vaughn, she stopped.
"You're not the double are you?" she asked, hesitating.
"No Melly Belly. It's me. Daddy." Vaughn said. Melanie ran into his arms and hugged him so tight his face started turning purple.
"Ok Mel, please let go." He said, then turned to Molly. Her eyes were red, and as soon as she realized she had the attention of everyone in the room she burst into tears.
"Mommy, I'm so sorry! I kept something from you!" she wailed.
"It's ok Molly. What is it?" she asked.
"I never had heart failure! I knew who the double was this whole time, but was afraid to tell you! Mommy, Danny Hecht was doubled as Daddy, but there's a problem. He wanted you guys to catch him! I've been working with him! It was planned that Danny would intentionally set himself up, giving the CIA obvious evidence that he was the mole. He has something planned, but I don't know what; he didn't tell me. It was my job to distract you, and Grandpa, and Marcus, and everybody! Don't hate me!" she cried.
"Wait! What are you talking about?" Sydney asked.
"Danny is planning something evil, but I can't tell you what! He was supposed to lead you to rescue Daddy so that the final part was complete!" Molly cried.
"What does that mean?" Sydney asked. Molly absolutely exploded.
"It means that I'm a bad guy Mommy! I'm a Covenant agent too, and I've been working against you and the CIA since the moment I was teamed up as Melanie's partner!"
A/N: So what do you think? I thought that was another nice little twist in the story! It just popped into my head! Nice long chapter too! Well, for me it was. You know the drill. Review and 22 will be up soon!!!
A/N: I made a mistake last chapter. The twins aren't at Jack's house; they are at Weiss's house. I can't write this chapter without Jack being in it, so just pretend that I made it say Weiss in chap 20. Here's 21!!!
"Absolutely not! I don't trust him! If you ask me, I'd say he was leading us into a trap!" Dixon exclaimed angrily.
"But Dixon...what does he have to gain by telling us a lie? Nothing. He's not going anywhere, and he totally sounded sincere when he told me. Besides, he's the only one out of all of us that can get us into that prison undetected!" Sydney argued.
"Yes, but he doesn't have anything to lose either. I'm sorry Sydney, I know this is a difficult situation for you, but we'll find another way to get in that prison, assuming he's even there." Dixon replied, trying to comfort her, but failing.
"I'm going. There's a chance here that we could bring Vaughn back alive, and that Danny can be proved innocent. Just because he was doubled and works for the Covenant doesn't necessarily mean anything. Being doubled isn't a crime, and...oh come on! He hasn't committed a crime any time during his time as being Michael!" Sydney exploded.
Dixon sighed before continuing. "For the time being, I think it's best if we wait until there is another option. An option that doesn't include being led in through the front doors by a Covenant agent. This is a risk you're just going to have to take." he said.
Sydney walked out of the room, knowing if she opened her mouth again, nothing nice would come out. Jack followed her out.
"Dad, this is our only chance of rescuing Vaughn. The longer we wait the more of a chance he has of being killed. If he's already been in Covenant custody, it's a miracle he's even alive right now. I don't care what Dixon says. I'm going to Sweden with Danny to rescue Vaughn." Sydney told him. Jack knew she wasn't kidding.
"Sydney, I just want you to know..." he was cut off by Sydney.
"You know, I really don't care if you report me. Go ahead and report me to Dixon. What is he going to do anyway? He can't fire me; I don't work for the CIA anymore." Sydney pointed out.
"No! Just listen for a minute ok? What I was going to say, is that I want you to know that you're going to need more than just Daniel Hecht to lead you into that prison. Chances are that there will be way more than two Covenant agents waiting to greet you at the door. You're going to need a team." Jack told her patiently and quietly.
"Wait. You're ok with this?" Sydney asked incredulously.
"If I have an instinct on something, I follow it. Since when have I ever followed protocol instead of doing what I know in my heart is right?" Jack asked, showing a hint of a smile.
Sydney smiled too. "Ok. But where are we going to find a team? Not too many agents are risking to go against Dixon's orders just to release one CIA agent." Sydney said.
"Yes. But how many of them do you know that are going to say no to me?" Jack gestured to himself, and Sydney had to force herself not to laugh. He was right about that too; she only knew of one other person who dared to defy Jack Bristow besides herself.
Kendall.
"Ok, but who are we going to get to join us?" Sydney asked. Jack didn't answer her; instead he went to the same man who had shown them to the interrogation room when they were about to get the double back to his original state.
Jack said something to the man that made him look at him in disbelief. Jack gave him a look, then the man nodded and left. Jack returned to Sydney.
"We should have enough agents to have an acceptable team, but not so much Dixon will start to suspect we did exactly as we're doing." Jack said and headed towards Danny's cell, with Sydney at his heels.
Sydney met with the team at exactly midnight. They were going to fly to Danderyd Sweden where the Covenant prison was. She was the last one there; she met Danny's eyes. He smiled a warm smile which Sydney returned.
"Ok, now that Sydney's here we can proceed. Remember that if Dixon finds out about this, the story is that you all were blackmailed by me. We do not leave until we have Agent Vaughn in our custody. If anyone betrays this agency tonight, their head will be mine. Do you all understand me?" Jack asked, looking at Danny as he said this.
The team nodded their agreement and they got into the jet where they would land a mile from the prison. Sydney sat down at the back of the jet, and Danny sat down next to her.
"Listen Syd. I'm sorry for hurting you. I wanted so many times to contact you and tell you I was alive and well, but that would put your life in danger, and they would've killed me. I was watched constantly to make sure I wouldn't think about going back to my old life. This wasn't all that long ago. It was only about a year and a half ago when I got my memory back." Danny told her, sounding sincere.
"You didn't do anything to hurt me. What you saw back in the cell...that was the shock of seeing you alive and being doubled as my husband—ex husband—and that just shocked me. I realize it wasn't your fault, and I'm sorry for acting like a jerk back there." Sydney said.
"No, it's perfectly understandable. I could've told you so many times that it was me and not this Michael Vaughn guy, but I didn't. I guess I just liked seeing your face so much that I didn't want you to start hating me. I want the Sydney Bristow that I could tell anything to to come back." Danny said, raising her head up to look into her eyes.
They made eye contact and Sydney looked back in her lap to hide the smile. Finally she looked back up at him and said, "She never left."
Danny smiled and they went to hug each other when Jack interrupted. "Hands stay where I can see them! You are still far from being cleared as a non-threat. Until that time, you stay under my watch!" Jack snapped at him, gesturing to his gun.
"I get the point Mr. Bristow." he said. As soon as Jack returned to his seat Danny said, "Looks like he hasn't changed at all. Is he still that protective of you as in 2001 when I called him to tell him we were getting married?" he asked incredulously.
"No. That was just the agent in him talking. If he wanted you dead, he would've done it long ago." Sydney assured him.
Danny laughed. "Good to know." They both leaned back in their seats and stayed silent. Sydney was at a loss for what to say. She wanted to tell him what was currently going on in her life, but how was she supposed to start? 'Hello Danny, I forgot to tell you. The Covenant kidnapped my daughters and kept them for two years where they tried to brainwash them but failed because of this thing my father developed called Project Christmas but now they're back with me. My mother's alive which you probably didn't know, my father never changed really, and now I'm realizing you're alive and Vaughn's being held captive in Danderyd, Sweden where we're going to rescue him. How's your life been going?'
Sydney laughed as she imagined Danny's reaction to that. She went to ask him what he had been doing besides being a bad guy but found he was already asleep. Before she knew it, the plane landed and they were Danderyd.
"Danny, we're here." Sydney said as she shook him awake gently. "Damn, that was the weirdest dream. I had a dream I had been doubled as your father, and as soon as you realized that you killed me and went on a death rampage, killing everyone that just said hi to you. It was weird." he said.
Sydney laughed, but stopped as soon as they got off the plane where they suddenly got deathly silent. Danny headed to the front of the team. "There are ten hidden security cameras mounted on the walls, plus infrared lasers. I'll need to deactivate the lasers before I can disconnect the cameras, otherwise I'll interfere with the lasers, and the Covenant will already know we're here." Danny explained as he got a Laser Interrupter.
After he had shot all the places where the lasers stopped, he grabbed a gun with a silencer and aimed at different places on the walls, shooting ten different places. When he was satisfied, he moved on, and Jack, Sydney, and the rest of the team took that as their cue to follow him.
"Once we try to shoot this door open or unlock it with a lock pick, body heat sensors will go off, and the gun turrets will be activated." Danny said.
"Well then how the hell are we going to get inside?" Jack asked angrily.
"Not to worry. I have my own key. How this door can distinguish the key from a lock pick, I don't know, but it can, so be thankful that I have the key." He said and as soon as the door was open, Danny leaned against the far right wall.
"If we stick to this wall and walk very slowly and not make a sound, the gun turrets won't know we're there, so we need to be really quiet." Danny whispered so softly Sydney barely heard him.
"How many gun turrets are there exactly?" one agent asked hesitantly.
"About fifty, but 90% of them aren't working properly, so as soon as we get to the 3rd basement where Vaughn is, we'll be safe until we get back up here." Danny assured them. As soon as they got to the end of the corridor, Danny opened the last door on the left and walked faster downstairs. The team followed his lead.
"Where are all the Covenant agents?" Sydney asked him.
"Probably interrogating a few prisoners. They always wait until midnight, one in the morning, times like that to really interrogate people because that's when they're most vulnerable. When all their energy is used up and they don't have the strength to fight the torture." Danny explained easily.
Sydney nodded uneasily. If they were interrogating Vaughn, then that would ruin their cover. Danny seemed to know what she was thinking because he said, "Listen, they've had Vaughn for over a year. Chances are, they got everything out of him that they could." He said.
"Then why keep him alive?" Sydney asked fearful. Danny shrugged. "They didn't keep me in the loop on their prisoners. Besides, I wasn't here long enough to know for sure. All I know is that he's here and is in sub- basement three." He said as he led them downstairs.
When they heard voices they immediately got quieter and held their guns closer to them. "I'm only going to ask you once, then we start bring out the heavier artillery. This is your only warning. Where is Molly Bristow?" a voice asked in a menacing voice.
Sydney's senses went on extra alert when she heard her daughter's name. That gave her an idea of who they were questioning.
"She's dead! I swear to god! She's dead!" Vaughn's shaky voice replied.
"Somehow, I just don't believe you Agent Vaughn, but that's ok. You don't want to talk, it doesn't really matter to me. We'll just have to...make you." the man said, and Sydney knew he was smirking as he said this.
"Let's go. On three." Jack said. He motioned with his hands one and two. After a few seconds he nodded and they came storming into the room.
"Hands up! Get your hands up now!" everyone shouted, aiming their guns at the ten or so Covenant agents who were surrounding Vaughn. The other prisoners backed into their cells in fear, not knowing it was the CIA who was about to rescue them.
"Against the wall, hands behind your head!" they ordered. Sydney purposefully went for the one who had been interrogating Vaughn, and who was about to torture him.
"Ok honey, whatever you say." the man smirked.
"Shut up! You don't have the right to talk!" Sydney snapped, resisting the urge to shoot him.
After she had him handcuffed, another agent took him out to where the jet was waiting. Sydney went for Vaughn. His hair had grown a lot during the year he was in Covenant custody. It was down to his shoulders, and he was on the verge of having a beard; Vaughn had once told her it took him forever to grow mustaches and beards. But what he lacked in facial hair he made up for in bruises and cuts.
"Vaughn, are you ok?" Sydney asked as she unbinded him.
"I will be now that you're here." he said gratefully, then shifted his gaze to Danny.
"Is that...is that...Danny?" he asked, not quite believing it.
Sydney nodded. "I'll tell you everything when we get back. Right now you need to see a doctor." She said.
Vaughn shook his head. "No, I'm fine. What I need is to leave this damn place. You know how awful it feels to live in a prison?" he asked, trying to lighten the moment. Sydney laughed and shook her head.
"No, and let's hope it never comes to that. But I have good news that will make you feel better." Sydney said as she led him to the jet.
"What? After seeing your fiancé, I'm not sure what to expect." He said.
"Melanie's alive. We found her. She's at Weiss's place." Sydney said. Vaughn froze and looked at her.
"Really? They found Melly Belly?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes. Sydney nodded.
"Yes, and there's more." Sydney said, anxious to tell him everything.
"What?" Vaughn asked, eager to hear more.
"Molly's alive too. She was working with Molly. She's with Melanie. And we have Lauren in custody." Sydney said, knowing she was overwhelming.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down Syd. I can only handle so much good news at a time you know." He joked. Sydney laughed, and cuddled next to him. Sitting there with him just then made her realize how much she missed him. The house was dead without him, and now that they had the twins, why not get back together? Melanie didn't know they had gotten a divorce, and was expecting him to be at the house after Sydney rescued him, although she didn't know about that part. And Molly didn't even know her parents. Vaughn was a huge influence in their lives, but she decided to tell him she wanted to get back together in LA.
They fell asleep together and didn't wake up until they landed on the ground with a thud. After they got off the jet they got into Sydney's car and drove to Weiss's house to pick up the twins.
"Syd, I can't do this? What if Mel doesn't remember me? What if Molly hates me? Oh god Syd, what if they don't want me to be their father?" Vaughn asked, looking more insecure than Sydney had ever seen him.
"God Vaughn, calm down. You're their father for god's sake! Melanie wants you, and Molly wants to know her father. Trust me, they want you!" Sydney assured him. They rang the doorbell after Vaughn assured Sydney he would be fine.
"What the hell do you guys want? I only got them to sleep and now you're expecting me to..." Weiss stopped as soon as he recognized the man with the long hair and an almost mustache and beard.
"Mike? Is that you?" he asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah. Sydney and Jack and a whole team of CIA agents rescued me from a prison in Danderyd. Listen, I was being interrogated and almost tortured. I really don't want to do anything except see my daughters and get to bed. I'll fill you as well as the rest of the CIA in on what happened tomorrow." Vaughn said impatiently.
It took Weiss a minute to register what Vaughn had said then, "Yeah, sure, ok. I'll wake them up, but it'll be a miracle if you can get them to sleep. Melanie's hyper but that's probably because I gave her the biggest lollipop she had ever laid eyes on, and Molly's absolutely hysterical. Consider yourselves warned."
He went to wake them up and Sydney and Vaughn stepped inside. Finally Melanie and Molly were downstairs. When Melanie saw Vaughn, she stopped.
"You're not the double are you?" she asked, hesitating.
"No Melly Belly. It's me. Daddy." Vaughn said. Melanie ran into his arms and hugged him so tight his face started turning purple.
"Ok Mel, please let go." He said, then turned to Molly. Her eyes were red, and as soon as she realized she had the attention of everyone in the room she burst into tears.
"Mommy, I'm so sorry! I kept something from you!" she wailed.
"It's ok Molly. What is it?" she asked.
"I never had heart failure! I knew who the double was this whole time, but was afraid to tell you! Mommy, Danny Hecht was doubled as Daddy, but there's a problem. He wanted you guys to catch him! I've been working with him! It was planned that Danny would intentionally set himself up, giving the CIA obvious evidence that he was the mole. He has something planned, but I don't know what; he didn't tell me. It was my job to distract you, and Grandpa, and Marcus, and everybody! Don't hate me!" she cried.
"Wait! What are you talking about?" Sydney asked.
"Danny is planning something evil, but I can't tell you what! He was supposed to lead you to rescue Daddy so that the final part was complete!" Molly cried.
"What does that mean?" Sydney asked. Molly absolutely exploded.
"It means that I'm a bad guy Mommy! I'm a Covenant agent too, and I've been working against you and the CIA since the moment I was teamed up as Melanie's partner!"
A/N: So what do you think? I thought that was another nice little twist in the story! It just popped into my head! Nice long chapter too! Well, for me it was. You know the drill. Review and 22 will be up soon!!!